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Consolidate functions where possible. Consolidate
like functions, including business
regulation and consumer protection.
Consolidate employment and training programs.
To better deliver a variety of job training
programs and transition to work programs,
consolidate all such programs in DILHR.
Rename a Department of Licensing. To reflect
its duties, rename the Deptartment of
Regulation and Licensing to the Department
of Licensing.
Transfer responsibility for serious juvenile offenders
to the Department of Corrections. To
reflect the serious nature of some juvenile
crimes, transfer management responsibility for
youths adjudicated delinquent by the courts
from the Department of Health and Social Services
to the Department of Corrections.
Study consolidation of parks and tourism
functions. To discover more opportunity for
cooperation, study the consolidation of parks,
tourism, arts and historic sites into one state
function.
Consolidate collections in the Department of
Revenue. To take advantage of technological
efficiency and enhanced collection opportunities,
consolidate collections from all agencies
in the state’s “electronic banker,” the Department
of Revenue.
Eliminate the Public Lands Commission. To
streamline government, eliminate the Public
Lands Commission and transfer functions to
the Justice Department.
Accelerate and privatize some delinquent
payment collection. To accelerate revenue collection,
privatize, where appropriate, the collection
of tax and other delinquent accounts
and provide enabling legislation to permit all
tax collecting units of government to sell unpaid
taxes to the private sector.
Study consolidation of all state lending in
WHEDA. To consolidate like functions, the
consolidation of all state lending in the Wisconsin
Housing and Economic Development
Authority should be studied. The consolidation
might be organizational, with WHEDA
in charge; or WHEDA might provide a lending
service to agencies.
18.13
Consolidate alcohol and drug abuse programs.
See Goal #4.
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Consolidate youth services activities. See Goal
#6.
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Consolidate aging functions. See Goal #6.
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Develop 21st Century public health system.
See Goal #4.
18.17
Sell state facilities. To generate general fund
revenue, the state should investigate selling
GEF 1 to the federal government, Hill Farms
to the (segregated funded) Department of
Transportation and the Thornton Avenue warehouse
to the City of Madison.
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Establish cabinet agencies. To improve government
accountability and integrated agency
planning, place the Department of Natural
Resources, the Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection and the Department
of Veterans Affairs in the Executive
Cabinet. Secretaries should be appointed by
the Governor, providing for strong advisory
board roles in rule making and other matters
in each agency.
GOAL #19: FEDERAL RELATIONS
19.1
Enhance state government’s federal watch. To
properly take advantage of anticipated delegation,
significantly enhance the federal liaison
function. This increased attention will be an
outcome-driven, results-oriented approach to
applying federal resources in Wisconsin. The
function also should look at how Wisconsin
will cope in a changing economic and political
world.
19.2
Secure federal revenue with coordination and
determination. To improve Wisconsin’s ranking
for per capita federal expenditures, consolidate
and strengthen and elevate the process
of making decisions on seeking federal
funds.
19.3
Seek federal mandate relief. To accommodate
the state’s move toward locally sensitive priorities
and results-oriented strategies, aggressively
seek relief from proscriptive federal
mandates and programs.
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